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Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems — Water and Sanitation: Access to improved sanitation Units: Percent (%)

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		1990	2004
World
World		49	59
		1990	2004
Region/Classification
Asia (excluding Middle East)		29	47
Central America & Caribbean		59	77
Middle East & North Africa		70	..
North America		100	100
Oceania		..	86
South America		72	77
Sub-Saharan Africa		32	37
Developing Countries		33	49
Low Income Countries		22	38
Middle Income Countries		48	62
	ISO	1990	2004
Country
Afghanistan	AFG	3	34
Albania	ALB	..	91
Algeria	DZA	88	92
Andorra	AND	100	100
Angola	AGO	29	31
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	..	95
Argentina	ARG	81	91
Armenia	ARM	..	83
Australia	AUS	100	100
Austria	AUT	100	100
Azerbaijan	AZE	..	54
Bahamas	BHS	100	100
Bangladesh	BGD	20	39
Barbados	BRB	100	100
Belarus	BLR	..	84
Belgium	BEL	100	100
Belize	BLZ	..	47
Benin	BEN	12	33
Bhutan	BTN	..	70
Bolivia	BOL	33	46
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	..	95
Botswana	BWA	38	42
Brazil	BRA	71	75
British Virgin Islands	VGB	100	100
Bulgaria	BGR	99	99
Burkina Faso	BFA	7	13
Burundi	BDI	44	36
Cambodia	KHM	..	17
Cameroon	CMR	48	51
Canada	CAN	100	100
Cape Verde	CPV	..	43
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	21	37
Central African Rep	CAF	23	27
Chad	TCD	7	9
Chile	CHL	84	91
China	CHN	23	44
Colombia	COL	82	86
Comoros	COM	32	33
Congo	COG	..	27
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	16	30
Cook Islands	COK	97	100
Costa Rica	CRI	..	92
Croatia	HRV	100	100
Cuba	CUB	98	98
Cyprus	CYP	100	100
Czech Rep	CZE	99	98
Denmark	DNK	100	100
Djibouti	DJI	79	82
Dominica	DMA	..	84
Dominican Rep	DOM	52	78
Ecuador	ECU	63	89
Egypt	EGY	54	70
El Salvador	SLV	51	62
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	..	53
Eritrea	ERI	7	9
Estonia	EST	97	97
Ethiopia	ETH	3	13
Fiji	FJI	68	72
Finland	FIN	100	100
French Guiana	GUF	..	78
French Polynesia	PYF	98	98
Gabon	GAB	..	36
Gambia	GMB	..	53
Georgia	GEO	97	94
Germany	DEU	100	100
Ghana	GHA	15	18
Grenada	GRD	97	96
Guadeloupe	GLP	..	64
Guam	GUM	99	99
Guatemala	GTM	58	86
Guinea	GIN	14	18
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	..	35
Guyana	GUY	..	70
Haiti	HTI	24	30
Honduras	HND	50	69
Hungary	HUN	..	95
Iceland	ISL	100	100
India	IND	14	33
Indonesia	IDN	46	55
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	83	..
Iraq	IRQ	81	79
Jamaica	JAM	75	80
Japan	JPN	100	100
Jordan	JOR	93	93
Kazakhstan	KAZ	72	72
Kenya	KEN	40	43
Kiribati	KIR	25	40
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	..	59
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	60	59
Lao People's Dem Rep	LAO	..	30
Latvia	LVA	..	78
Lebanon	LBN	..	98
Lesotho	LSO	37	37
Liberia	LBR	39	27
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	LBY	97	97
Luxembourg	LUX	100	100
Madagascar	MDG	14	32
Malawi	MWI	47	61
Malaysia	MYS	..	94
Maldives	MDV	..	59
Mali	MLI	36	46
Marshall Islands	MHL	74	82
Mauritania	MRT	31	34
Mauritius	MUS	..	94
Mexico	MEX	58	79
Micronesia, Fed States	FSM	29	28
Moldova, Rep	MDA	..	68
Monaco	MCO	100	100
Mongolia	MNG	..	59
Morocco	MAR	56	73
Mozambique	MOZ	20	32
Myanmar	MMR	24	77
Namibia	NAM	24	25
Nepal	NPL	11	35
Netherlands	NLD	100	100
Nicaragua	NIC	45	47
Niger	NER	7	13
Nigeria	NGA	39	44
Niue	NIU	100	100
Northern Mariana Islands	MNP	84	95
Norway	NOR	100	100
Oman	OMN	83	..
Pakistan	PAK	37	59
Palau	PLW	70	83
Palestinian Territories		..	73
Panama	PAN	71	73
Papua New Guinea	PNG	44	44
Paraguay	PRY	58	80
Peru	PER	52	63
Philippines	PHL	57	72
Qatar	QAT	100	100
Russian Federation	RUS	87	87
Rwanda	RWA	37	42
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	95	95
Samoa	WSM	98	100
Sao Tome & Principe	STP	..	25
Senegal	SEN	33	57
Serbia and Montenegro	YUG	87	87
Sierra Leone	SLE	..	39
Singapore	SGP	100	100
Slovakia	SVK	99	99
Solomon Islands	SLB	..	31
Somalia	SOM	..	26
South Africa	ZAF	69	65
Spain	ESP	100	100
Sri Lanka	LKA	69	91
St. Lucia	LCA	..	89
Sudan	SDN	33	34
Suriname	SUR	..	94
Swaziland	SWZ	..	48
Sweden	SWE	100	100
Switzerland	CHE	100	100
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	73	90
Tajikistan	TJK	..	51
Tanzania	TZA	47	47
Thailand	THA	80	99
Timor-Leste	TMP	..	36
Togo	TGO	37	35
Tonga	TON	96	96
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	100	100
Tunisia	TUN	75	85
Turkey	TUR	85	88
Turkmenistan	TKM	..	62
Turks and Caicos Islands	TCA	..	96
Uganda	UGA	42	43
Ukraine	UKR	96	96
United Arab Emirates	ARE	97	98
United States	USA	100	100
Uruguay	URY	100	100
Uzbekistan	UZB	51	67
Vanuatu	VUT	..	50
Venezuela	VEN	..	68
Viet Nam	VNM	36	61
Yemen	YEM	32	43
Zambia	ZMB	44	55
Zimbabwe	ZWE	50	53

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Source

World Helath Organization (WHO) and United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF). 2006. Meeting the MDG Drinking Water and Sanitation Target: The Urban and Rural Challenge of the Decade. Geneva: WHO and New York: UNICEF. Available online at http://www.wssinfo.org/pdf/JMP_06.pdf.